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Four years after she was widowed, journalist Becky Aikman decided to start her own support group for widows, to allow them to express their feelings and also help them find happy activities and new friendships.

Through networking with her own friends, she found five other women, including Dawn Jiosi of Tewksbury, who were willing to meet with her one Saturday night each month for a year, to try new activities together and forge friendships with each other.

Aikman started this group after her first attempt to be part of a widow's group failed. When her husband died after a prolonged illness, she ...

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